sixninos: July 2009

Cloti spent almost a month with us is summer. We cooked, hiked, whale watched and spent time at the beach....Come back and visit, Cloti!

Belen's Phrase of the Day

Belen's response to her mother's multiple requests, " I don't have four hands, and I can't stretch!"
"Mom, when I have kids I'm gonna live here." (in response to Mom's quizzical look). "Seriously! I'm going to live here so we can ALL take care of the babies!!!!" .....Sigh
"WAIT!! I'm helping Gabe with his homework!"
"I am *through* with the candy Mommy! Really, seriously. No more candy."
"Don't--Call--My dad--a dumb ass!" (for the record, I did not call her dad a dumb ass.)
"I'm growing into a teenager!"
"I am pretty, the boys are not pretty!" (oh, my!)
"This is the picture for my grandparents, because I'm beautiful." (in her tutu)
"Don't worry, it will come out as a sweet little bug!" (after Mommy's exclaimation of a worm going down the drain. Those things are expensive!")
"I'm gonna kick your ass!" (I'm not kidding, sadly)
"You're Just a teenager! You're not the boss of me! (poor Kieran)
Can we stop with the serious?
"My heart doesn't want pasta." (after a conversation about finishing dinner)
"Nobody tells me no!"
"Yes, I see. I have Eyes!"
"It not-a work-a." (After a Spanish lesson from her Papa)
"I know that. I'm three years old!"
"Aye, Aye, Aye!"
"........(unintelligible), if I wear that, people will think I'm fat!"
"Mommy, sometimes I'm happy at you and sometimes I'm mad at you."
"I was blessed by a Buddhist monkey"
"You don't make the rules, I make the rules."
"I'm going to my grandparents!!!!" (Summer 2008 during a dispute with Mommy)
"Daddy, I need eighty dollars!"
"Don't tell me no. That is rude."
"I'm tired of peoples telling me what to do."
"Everybody loves me."
"Do you think I'm kidding?"
"You're not my friend. You can't come to my birthday party"
"Stop Louding Me!" (referring to her occasionally vocal parents)
"My butt is cracking!" (referring to her low slung pants)
"No mommy, you're not listening to MY words!"

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7/15/2009

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